A year ago when I was 65 and working in Hawaii, I traveled 4,860 miles to Delaware to visit my Dad who had just been
My mother was 43 and a-half years old when I was born. I was told that her pregnancy was very difficult. Without proper medical care,
This is the second installment in a trilogy of articles written under the banner of “Three Chords and the Truth”. The first article, “Angels and
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness
I recently realized how I naturally put on the classical, jazz or fado (traditional Portuguese music) radio stations in my car, without any sacrifice at
I’m Guilty And You May Be Too I’m guilty and I bet you are too. I put people in baskets. It seems to be innate
A typical well to do middle-class family lives in a prosperous country. They are an intact family with a mother, father and three children. The
Actions produce consequences which produce new worlds, and they’re all different. Where the bodies are buried in the desert, that is a certain world, where
“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but
In Laudato Si and many of his other public remarks, Pope Francis has expressed concerns about the rapid advances in technology and the implications for society.
These days we hear a lot about “snowflakes.” These are young adults who must be protected from the least slight, whether real or imagined. Fortitude
On a plane ride a few weeks ago, I found myself seated next to the founder of a Protestant church. He laughed because he was
If you’ve been thinking of buying an Amazon Alexa device for your home or for someone you love for Christmas, you might want to rethink
It is very easy to get lost in the complexity of the Catholic faith. Among the faithful, and those on the outside, or not-so-faithful, it
Many Catholic Christians believe that what the Church teaches on one or more subjects regarding faith and morals is wrong. Such Catholics try to legitimize
The woman walked into the sign shop. She needed to order a banner for her daughter’s swim team and knew the owners of this shop
Conversion: Learning from a Child My Religious Order allowed me to go home this year for the Thanksgiving Holiday. To say I am overjoyed by
Ever since sin came into the world with the Fall of Adam and Eve, human beings have experienced an emptiness. Because of this emptiness, the
One hundred years ago, the Blessed Mother came to three shepherd children in Portugal in a series of apparitions we call by the name of
Pornography has become the most accepted forbidden fruit in the entire world. Looking at naked people for personal pleasure is strictly forbidden by God in
Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward
(Disclaimer: I in no way intend to criticize here any of the actual content of Amoris Laetitia, only the commentary of Archbishop Fernández as noted
